Site of the Terraces Hotel, Taupō (2nd of 2)

Thermal activity on the Waipāhīhī Stream, a short
distance from the Taupō lakefront, provided the raison
d’être for this Māori settlement and cultivations. The
Terraces Hotel (later De Brett’s), which opened in 1889,
was built on the cliffs to the right. Patrons descended
into the valley to bathe in the hot water.

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